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May 9, 2026 · NL Cent

Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds

May 9, 2026Great American Ball ParkSunny 72°F · 9 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Houston Astros
16-24
1
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
21-19
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T5 Braden Shewmake Braden Shewmake homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. HOU 1, CIN 0
B5 Matt McLain Matt McLain singles on a line drive to left fielder Zach Cole. Spencer Steer scores. Will Benson scores. Jose Trevino to 3rd. Matt McLain to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Zach Cole. HOU 1, CIN 2
B5 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz singles on a line drive to left fielder Zach Cole. Jose Trevino scores. Matt McLain out at home on the throw, left fielder Zach Cole to catcher Christian Vázquez. TJ Friedl to 2nd. HOU 1, CIN 3

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 000010000 1
CIN 000030000 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 1

Spencer Arrighetti started for Astros, leaving trailing 1–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Spencer Arrighetti Starter 5.2 93 3 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Spencer Arrighetti threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 35% 4 5 10 9 5
    Curveball 29 31% 3 6 4 14 2
    Changeup 15 16% 1 2 2 5 5
    Sweeper 11 12% 0 2 2 3 4
    Sinker 5 5% 0 1 1 3 0
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 1.0 9 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.0 10 0 0
  • Bryan Abreu Middle 0.1 5 0 0
Reds HOME 3

Chase Burns started for Reds, leaving with a 3–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chase Burns Starter 6.0 87 1 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chase Burns threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 50 57% 3 8 8 19 12
    Slider 31 36% 5 2 3 16 5
    Changeup 6 7% 0 0 2 3 1
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.0 8 0 1 HLD
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.0 19 0 2 HLD
  • Pierce Johnson Reliever 1.0 12 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 5th · off Arrighetti
  • McLain 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 .329 .379 .708
Yordan Alvarez DH 2 0 1 0 2 1 .327 .432 .660 1.092 2B
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .354 .384 .738
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .360 .534 .894
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215 .299 .348 .647
Zach Dezenzo LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .571 .714
Brice Matthews CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .286 .439 .725
Braden Shewmake SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 .350 .350 .800 1.150 HR (3)
Christian Vázquez C 2 0 0 0 1 1 .284 .342 .478 .820
Zach Cole LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .308 .846 1.154 2B
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Dane Myers CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .371 .294 .665
JJ Bleday LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .362 .600 .962
Elly De La Cruz SS 4 0 2 1 0 1 .277 .345 .516 .861
Nathaniel Lowe DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .333 .543 .876
Spencer Steer 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .248 .324 .434 .758 SB
Will Benson RF 1 1 0 0 2 1 .207 .352 .379 .731
Jose Trevino C 2 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .160 .167 .327
Matt McLain 2B 3 0 1 2 0 1 .207 .311 .314 .625
TJ Friedl CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .185 .267 .274 .541
Sal Stewart 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .245 .329 .483 .812 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Spencer Arrighetti 5.2 5 3 1 3 5 0 93 1.88 L
Enyel De Los Santos 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.50
Steven Okert 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.32
Bryan Abreu 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9.24
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chase Burns 6.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 87 2.11 W
Brock Burke 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.06 HLD
Graham Ashcraft 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 1.83 HLD
Pierce Johnson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.38 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · CIN
5-5 L1 +7 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.